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While it is true that Grafana's new license is still FOSS not every company, public cloud provider is willing to accept the AGPLv3 license[1]. Hence a fork with
by hutrdvnj 6y ago
While it is true that Grafana's new license is still FOSS not every company, public cloud provider is willing to accept the AGPLv3 license[1]. Hence a fork with the old license is not unlikely.
[1] https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/ https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/
- josephcsible 6y agoTrue, but my point wasn't so much about the likelihood of a fork as whether or not it would be a good thing.
- sitkack 6y agoGoogle has the same OSS philosophy as Microsoft and the rest of the software community needs to pressure Google to change its stance on the AGPL.
- crazypython 6y agoThat document is based on lies. AGPLv3 does not force you to make code running on a different server open-source.